BAREILLY: Amid tight security, BJP MLA Rajesh Mishra’s daughter Sakshi and her husband Ajitesh Kumar registered their marriage at sub-registrar’s office in Bareilly on Wednesday. Sakshi, an upper caste girl, had made headlines last month after she decided to tie knot with her boyfriend, a Dalit man, against the wishes of her father, a local strongman. Later, in a video message, Sakshi had alleged threat to life by “henchmen of her father”. The couple reached the sub-registrar office before 10am and as soon as the office was opened they entered the chamber of sub-registrar. The couple was surrounded by police force. At 10:10am, they submitted papers to register their marriage after completing all formalities. Ajitesh’s father Harish Nayak signed the papers as a witness. In the papers submitted before sub-registrar, Sakshi mentioned her name as Sakshi Nayak.

“Now we want to live peacefully,” Sakshi said before leaving the office. On July 7, the couple eloped and got married at a temple in Allahabad. They circulated two videos on social media on July 10 expressing threat to their lives from MLA’s men. A day later, MLA Mishra released a written statement saying that he was not opposed to daughter’s marriage with a Dalit man. However, unconvinced couple then approached Allahabad high court following which the court ordered the police to provide them security.